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Now, with an Android device in the home in range, new SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth LED lighting products work with the Google Assistant™ or Amazon Alexa via the new SYLVANIA Smart Home app on Google Play, providing hands-free lighting control for Android users without requiring any additional hardware. (Photo: Business Wire)

Now, with an Android device in the home in range, new SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth LED lighting products work with the Google Assistant™ or Amazon Alexa via the new SYLVANIA Smart Home app on Google Play, providing hands-free lighting control for Android users without requiring any additional hardware. (Photo: Business Wire)

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LEDVANCE, the maker of SYLVANIA general lighting in the United
States, is expanding its portfolio of easy-to-use SYLVANIA SMART+
Bluetooth lighting to benefit Android users in the US.Launched
early 2017, the HomeKit™-enabled SYLVANIA SMART+
Full Color A19 LED light bulb was the first to be easily controlled via
Siri® and the Apple® Home app
without a separate hub.Now, with an Android device in the home
in range, new SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth LED
lighting products work with the Google Assistant™ or Amazon Alexa via
the new SYLVANIA
Smart Home app on Google Play, providinghands-free
lighting control for Android users without requiring any additional
hardware.

Android users can also benefit from Bluetooth mesh technology. If they
have multiple SYLVANIA Bluetooth mesh devices, they can control the
SYLVANIA lights in another room, on the next floor, or even outside
their home thanks to the ability of mesh devices to relay commands and
information between each other, effectively extending the control range
of their phones. With Bluetooth mesh devices, users can also take
advantage of increased reliability and scalability with a limited delay
in response when controlling individual or groups of lights together.

“No matter which system or phone you have, with SYLVANIA SMART+
Bluetooth LED lighting products you can count on simple setup, control
and convenience,” said Alberto Pierotti, Head of SMART and Head of R&D
for US and Canada, LEDVANCE. “These are the first products to work with
all three voice assistants from Apple, Amazon and Google using Bluetooth
or Bluetooth mesh.”

The new SYLVANIA Smart Home app available on Google Play gives Android
users easy control of popular features such as turning lights on and
off, grouping their lights, adjusting the brightness level, and changing
colors with Full Color products.

While other smart lighting products require a gateway or rely on a Wi-Fi
router as a hub controlled by Siri, Alexa or the Google Assistant,
SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth LED lighting products eliminate the
need for additional hardware and provide simplified control - nothing
more, nothing less. These are perfect for high school or college
students who want to personalize their bedrooms, dorms rooms or
apartments, or anyone who wants to enjoy the convenience of smart
lighting.

“People have always told us that they like the benefits of smart
lighting but want it to be easier to setup and use. We accomplished this
when we launched our HomeKit-enabled SYLVANIA SMART+
Bluetooth lighting products,” said Pierotti. “Now, we are offering that
same ease-of-use and convenience to Android users with smart lighting
that requires nothing more than a mobile device and a free app. These
are the world’s first and only Bluetooth mesh connected lighting
products that provide the long range, low power and high reliability
that smart home customers want.”

Apple users can control their lights from the Apple Home app on iPhone,
iPad, iPod touch® or Apple Watch®, by using Siri
on any device including HomePod™, or directly from Control Center.
Outside the home, a HomeKit home hub (HomePod, 4th generation Apple TV®
or an iPad with the latest version of iOS) can remotely control these
units and set up automations.

Six SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth products are available for
integration with the SYLVANIA Smart Home App. They are the SYLVANIA
SMART+ Bluetooth A19 Soft White, A19 Full Color, A19 Filament, BR30 Soft
White, BR30 Full Color, and Indoor Full Color Flex Strip. Products are
available on Amazon,
select Home Depot locations and homedepot.com,
Menards and menards.com,
and other retailers. The SYLVANIA SMART+ Bluetooth In Wall
Switch and Plug, in addition to an iOS version of the app, will come at
a later date.

ABOUT LEDVANCE LLCWith offices in more than 50 countries
and business activities in more than 140 countries, LEDVANCE is one of
the world's leading general lighting providers for professional users
and end consumers. In North America, LEDVANCE LLC offers a wide range of
SYLVANIA LED luminaires for various applications, intelligent lighting
products for Smart Homes and Buildings, one of the largest LED lamps
portfolios in the industry, and traditional light sources. In fiscal
year 2017, LEDVANCE achieved a turnover of around 1.9 billion Euro. The
SYLVANIA brand leadership is a result of over 100 years of lighting
experience and paves the way for future success. Further information can
be found at www.sylvania.com.